Reports of UN Srebrenica Declaration Divide Bosnia

Reports of UN Srebrenica Declaration Divide Bosnia

BalkanInsight_logoMedia reports about a proposed UN General Assembly resolution to declare an international day of remembrance for the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide have sparked conflicting reactions.

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On the Trail of Kosovo’s Most Wanted

On the Trail of Kosovo’s Most Wanted

BalkanInsight_logoSurvivors of mass killings in Kosovo villages in the Djakovica/Gjakova area in 1999 say they hope justice is coming closer after Interpol issued warrants for 17 Serbian fighters.

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Belgrade Indicts Five Serbs for Strpci War Crime

Belgrade Indicts Five Serbs for Strpci War Crime

BalkanInsight_logoThe Belgrade prosecution indicted five former Bosnian Serb fighters for killing 20 passengers who were abducted from a train in Strpci in Bosnia 22 years ago.

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U.S. Seeks to Deport Bosnians Over War Crimes

U.S. Seeks to Deport Bosnians Over War Crimes

nyt_logoWASHINGTON — Immigration officials are moving to deport at least 150 Bosnians living in the United States who they believe took part in war crimes and “ethnic cleansing” during the bitter conflict that raged in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

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Amnesty International: Serbia has made insufficient progress in prosecution of war crimes and protection of rights of victims of war crimes

Amnesty International: Serbia has made insufficient progress in prosecution of war crimes and protection of rights of victims of war crimes

amnesty_logoThe international non-governmental organization Amnesty International (AI) has published the 2014 State of the World’s Human Rights Report, in which it presents the state of human rights in 160 countries and territories. AI’s general assessment is that 2014 was a devastating year for all human rights defenders and people located in conflict zones. AI warns that, even though international humanitarian law contains clear rules relative to the protection of civilians during armed conflicts, civilians are still the ones carrying the heaviest burden of conflicts throughout the world. In the year which marked the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, the rules relative to the protection of civilians have been continuously ignored and crushed.

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